A Washington College student who had been missing since Monday
when he left his parents' home with a gun was found dead Saturday with what
police said was a self-inflicted wound to the head.
Jacob
Marberger's disappearance with the weapon had prompted the college in
Chestertown, Maryland, to close early for Thanksgiving.
His body was
found in the picnic area of the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in eastern
Pennsylvania, about 75 miles from his home in Cheltenham. Police said the death
was a suicide.
Authorities said Marberger felt victimized last month after an
on-campus prank, and while drinking, he showed a separate unloaded firearm to
fellow students, CNN affiliateWJLA reported
earlier this week.
"He was not
pointing it at anybody, he wasn't threatening anybody with it -- it sounds like
he was brandishing it, bragging about it," Washington College President
Sheila Bair said at a news conference. The weapon was subsequently seized by
police.
In recent
days, Marberger, 19, had been kicked out of his fraternity and resigned from
the Student Government Association, WJLA reported.
Bair said that
classes will resume on November 30.
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